"While man unmarr'd abode, his Spirits all / In Vivid hue were active in their hall."

Metaphor in Context

While man unmarr'd abode, his Spirits allIn Vivid hue were active in their hall,This Spotless Body; here and there mentainTheir traffick for the Universall gain,Till Sin Beat up for Volunteers. Whence cameA thousand Griefs attending on the same.Which march in ranck and file, proceed to makeA Battery, and the fort of Life to take.Which when the Centinalls did spy, the HeartDid beate alarum up in every part.The Vitall Spirits apprehend therebyExposde to danger great suburbs ly,The which they do desert, and speedilyThe Fort of Life the Heart, they Fortify,The Heart beats up still by her Pulse to CallOut of the outworks her train Souldiers allWhich quickly come hence: now the Looks grow pale,Limbs feeble too: the Enemies prevaile:Do scale the Outworks where there's Scarce a ScouteThat can be Spi'de sent from the Castle out.(p. 34)